The industry effort to regulate financial planning as a profession has support from within — but it won't escape opposition from other sects of the financial services community, several industry leaders said today.
If you had a good mix of stocks and bonds in your retirement account and you left it alone through the market madness of the past year, more than likely you're in good shape now.
Money managers are fighting legislation that would — for the first time — subject the roughly 4,000 firms associated with broker-dealers to regulation by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
Branch Managers have quotas to hit: Are they being honest with you about why it is so important for you to join before year-end?
Research In Motion Ltd., makers of BlackBerry smart phones, is encouraging users to upgrade to a new version of its BlackBerry Messenger application.
Cisco survey finds nation's businesses probably unprepared for working remotely in times of disaster
Hamilton Software Inc. has released Nest Egg Early Retirement Pro, a standalone downloadable program designed to assist users — knowledgeable individual investors and advisers alike — in planning specifically for the goal of early retirement.
Nicolas Cage is being sued by his former business manager, who claims lavish spending, not his advice, is to blame for the actor's financial problems.
The Securities and Exchange Commission would be required to issue rules prohibiting or limiting mandatory-arbitration clauses in securities contracts under draft legislation introduced last week by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.
Company says legal tab in 2009 equaled 12% of revenue; crashed bond funds to blame
While women take the lead role in households in preparing children for college academically, many still leave the financial planning process in the hands of their spouses, according to a survey released this week by OppenheimerFunds Inc.
Advisers, independent broker-dealers, and others that need to keep up with compliance and regulatory changes daily — or that need to research cross-industry or multinational issues — can enlist a new online tool from Wolters Kluwer Financial Services.
Caterpillar Inc.'s announcement last week that it has reached a tentative settlement over the fees it charged its 401(k) plan participants may be bad news for plan sponsors, their advisers and mutual fund companies.
Former Merrill senior executives are in high demand
With new modifications to the systems at the Depository Trust and Clearing Corp., reporting of cost basis information appears as if it could become less of an issue with advisers — assuaging some concerns from advisers that new requirements could make reporting more costly and cumbersome.
Despite the tougher outlook for regulatory audits in the coming months, many advisory firms that host their own e-mail systems still lack an e-mail archiving and backup system (44% of advisers who responded to an <i>InvestmentNews</i> technology survey last year said they had no such system).
The Securities and Exchange Commission would be required to issue rules prohibiting or limiting mandatory arbitration clauses in securities contracts under draft legislation introduced this week by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.
Measures that would significantly boost funding for the Securities and Exchange Commission as well as give shareholders a say on executive pay are included in draft financial overhaul legislation in the Senate, a person familiar with the matter said Monday.
